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<span style="color: blue;">Moto G review: still the best budget smartphone</span></h2>
<b>Last year's Moto G took us all by surprise. Sure, we knew Motorola wanted to reinvent the cheap smartphone experience, but the very first device in the company's cost crusade was even better than we expected.</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moto G review (2014): still the best budget smartphone</td></tr>
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Let's be honest, though: The G's greatest asset was its small, small price tag. For $180 off-contract, it became awfully easy to forgive the thing for not being the quickest, the prettiest or the smartest. Still, it was one of those gadgets that wound up being more than just "good enough"; between the price and performance, the Moto G was one of the best cheap smartphones you could own, period.<br />
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Here we are less than a year later, and we've got a sequel to play with (one with the same name, no less). If you took a quick peek at what it brings to the table, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Motorola wanted to play it safe the second time around -- the new Moto G isn't a game changer, and it doesn't have to be. Does this year's model clear the "good enough" bar once again? And just how far will $180 take you this year?<br />
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<b>PROS</b><br />
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• Camera is much better than the original's<br />
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• Near-stock Android 4.4.4 is a treat<br />
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• Feels snappy despite aging internals<br />
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• Inexpensive<br />
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• No LTE<br />
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• Screen isn't as crisp as last year's model<br />
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<b>SUMMARY</b><br />
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Motorola's wallet-friendly formula hasn't changed much since last year's Moto G, but that's OK -- the company changed just enough to make the 2014 version one of the best budget smartphones out there. </div>
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Moto G review: still the best budget smartphone Last year's Moto G took us all by surprise. Sure, we knew Motorola wanted to reinvent ...

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Blackphone review: putting a price on privacy

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<span style="color: blue;">Blackphone review: putting a price on privacy</span></h2>
<b>Whether it's government agencies, identity thieves, opportunistic hackers or marketers, everyone wants your personal data.</b><br />
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As we live more of our lives than ever online, we're increasingly aware of how much data we produce, and the need to protect it.</div>
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With smartphones playing a key role in our always-connected lifestyle, there's a new breed of services and devices for consumers who want to stay off the grid without going offline. Leading the charge is the Blackphone, a $629 handset that prioritizes privacy over everything else. </div>
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Running a custom, secure version of Android and shipping with a wealth of privacy tools preinstalled, it claims to be an "unparalleled product" where data protection is concerned. Thanks to the awesome folks at online retailer GSM Nation, who were kind enough to send one for review, I've been getting to know the device and finding out how it keeps data safe from prying eyes.<br />
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• Super secure OS<br />
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• Bundled with various privacy-focused apps<br />
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• Includes subscriptions to several encrypted services<br />
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• Capable pair of cameras<br />
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• Expensive<br />
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• Generic design<br />
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• Spotty performance and app compatibility<br />
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• Bundled subscriptions expire in a year<br />
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• Emphasis on security trumps convenient user experience</div>
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 <b>SUMMARY</b></div>
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 From a hardware perspective, the Blackphone is nothing to write home about, especially when you consider the $629 price tag. What you're really paying for, however, is a security-driven OS, complete with apps and one-year subscriptions to services that promise the same level of data privacy. And in that respect, the Blackphone is simply incomparable to anything else out there. </div>
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Blackphone review: putting a price on privacy

Blackphone review: putting a price on privacy Whether it's government agencies, identity thieves, opportunistic hackers or marketers, ...

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<span style="color: blue;">Vertu Aster is a luxury smartphone with 'mid-tier' price, top-tier specs</span></h2>
Since the launch of the Signature Touch, Vertu CEO Max Pogliani promised that "technology will be more a merging factor and not a differentiation point" for his phones.<br />
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That's literally the case with the new mid-tier Aster launched today: This titanium Android device is every bit identical to its flagship sibling device internally, just wrapped within a more contemporary and unisex design.</div>
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We're looking at a 4.7-inch 1080p display, a 5.1-inch 117 carat sapphire screen, a 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 chipset, a 13-megapixel Hasselblad-certified main camera with twin LED flash, a 2.1-megapixel front-facing imager, 64GB of internal storage, a 2,275mAh battery, front stereo speakers, NFC, Qi wireless charging and great LTE compatibility (though no love for China, for some reason). With the specs out of the way, let's look at why this swanky phone starts from $6,900 or £4,200.</div>
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Vertu Aster is a luxury smartphone with 'mid-tier' price, top-tier specs Since the launch of the Signature Touch, Vertu CEO Max Po...

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The extended Nexus family: Google's golden Android standard

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<span style="color: blue;">The extended Nexus family: Google's golden Android standard</span></h2>
Google's Nexus line has long stood as the company's ideal vision of its widely adopted, open-source Android operating system.<br />
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The devices, be they smartphones, tablets or even one-off media streamers, are built in conjunction with select hardware partners and represent an ideal marriage of tech specs with an unadulterated version of Android. It's Google's way of dealing with fragmentation (read: skinned versions) in the mobile OS market it created; a reference mark for manufacturers to aspire to, so to speak.<br />
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On the tail of the original Android handset's sixth anniversary and in the run-up towhatever new Nexuses come next, we take a look back at the hardware path that's been Google's gold standard for Android.</div>
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The extended Nexus family: Google's golden Android standard

The extended Nexus family: Google's golden Android standard Google's Nexus line has long stood as the company's ideal vision o...

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Moto X review (2014): from also-ran to amazing in one year

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<span style="color: blue;">Moto X review (2014): from also-ran to amazing in one year</span></h2>
<b>I'll be honest with you: When the first Moto X came out last year, some early apprehension soon gave way to unwavering fondness. It wasn't because of the sheer horsepower (there wasn't much of it) or a stunner of a screen (it was fine, at best). </b><br />
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No, it was because the Moto X smacked of pluck. You could customize it to hell and back. It tried to improve on stock Android with software features that were actually quite useful. And the icing on the cake? It was a pure joy to hold. Motorola -- a company that basically jump-started the premium Android phone movement with the Droid before getting lost in an endless loop of modest annual upgrades -- seemed to have a pulse again. So here we are, one year later, and the X has finally gotten an upgrade to match the rest of the mobile big boys. Is it enough to make the new X a winner? Is Motorola really back? Read on, dear friends, and we'll see.<br />
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• Runs near-stock Android<br />
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• Motorola's additional features are smart and useful<br />
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• Snappy performance<br />
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• Thoughtful, comfortable design<br />
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• Lots of customization options<br />
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<b>CONS</b><br />
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• Cameras are average at best and frustrating at worst<br />
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• Unremarkable battery life compared to rivals<br />
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• Some carrier bloatware<br />
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<b>SUMMARY</b><br />
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The 2014 Moto X is a huge step forward from last year's model, and it's finally equipped to compete with a sea of strong competitors. With an impressive (not to mention customizable) design and some thoughtful software features, this is the flagship phone that Motorola should have made in the first place. </div>
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Moto X review (2014): from also-ran to amazing in one year

Moto X review (2014): from also-ran to amazing in one year I'll be honest with you: When the first Moto X came out last year, some ear...

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